ROSH HASHANAH AS A DAY OF JUDGMENT – PART 1 Two 40-50 minute classes Grades: 7-8 Lesson Plan Students engage in independent text study to learn about Rosh Hashanah as a day of judgment. INTRODUCTION The holiday of Rosh Hashanah has several names. In this unit,...
This lesson introduces students to the unit and encourages them to consider the purpose of Birkat HaMazon. They will then compose their own version of the prayer.
MIVNEH MACHNEH YISRAEL: UNIT ON BAMIDBAR 1-2 40 minutes Grades: 6-8 Lesson Plan Students study Bamidbar 1-2 in-depth before completing a creative project of their own choosing. Projects are then presented to the class. LESSON OBJECTIVES Listed below are some suggested...
MILCHEMET HAMELACHIM – LESSON 4 40 minutes Grades: 2-3 Lesson Plan Four-lesson unit on Bereshit 14: 1-24. Students participate in multiple intelligence exercises in order to understand the Battle of the Kings. LESSON OBJECTIVES Students will be able to describe how 1....
MILCHEMET HAMELACHIM – LESSON 3 40 minutes Grades: 2-3 Lesson Plan Four-lesson unit on Bereshit 14: 1-24. Students participate in multiple intelligences exercises in order to understand the battle of the kings. Includes worksheets. LESSON OBJECTIVES Students will be...
MILCHEMET HAMELACHIM – LESSON 2 40 minutes Grades: 2-3 Lesson Plan Four-lesson unit on Bereshit 14: 1-24. Students participate in multiple intelligence exercises in order to understand the Battle of the Kings. LESSON OBJECTIVES Students will be able to: 1. Relate how...
MILCHEMET HAMELACHIM – LESSSON 1 40 minutes Grades: 2-3 Lesson Plan Four-lesson unit on Bereshit 14: 1-24. Students participate in multiple intelligence exercises to understand the battle of the kings. LESSON OBJECTIVES Students will be able to: 1.Describe how the...
4MAT LESSON PLAN ON VAYESHEV 40 minutes Grades: 2-5 Lesson Plan In this 4MAT lesson plan, students learn the story of Vayeshev 37: 5-7 and analyze it’s meaning. INTRODUCTION This lesson uses the 4MAT teaching model. 4MAT lessons involve a variety of activities which...
The Karaites are thus a topic that should be included in a course in medieval Jewish history. But how can it be made both interesting and meaningful to the high school student? The following is the approach that I have adopted in 11th-grade Jewish history classes and which relies largely, although not exclusively, on the use of group role-playing.
On Teaching Halakhah This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at 1996, 9:1, pp. 55-62. Reprinted here with permission. A Prefatory Plea Although I have given the matter much thought and have some ideas for the resolution of the difficulties I see in the...
